He covered many songs from the Black Sea region
Didou nana (Mingrelian-Lazuri-Georgian)
Ella ella (Hamshen)
Ben seni sevduğumi
Tapancamin sapini
Cilveloy
Narino
Divane aşık gibi
Hayde
Uy aha/Koçari (Turkish-Lazuri)
Kazım Koyuncu (November 7, 1971 in Hopa, Artvin Province, Turkey June 25, 2005 in Istanbul, Turkey) was a Laz folk-rock singer, song writer, and activist.
An ethnic Laz, Koyuncu recorded songs in a number of languages spoken along the northeastern Black Sea coast of Turkey, as well as the language of Laz. He was the founder and singer of Zuğaşi Berepe ("The Children of the Sea" in Laz), a folk rock group founded in 1993. Following the group's break-up in 2000, Koyuncu went on to record two solo albums, Viya! in 2001 and Hayde in 2004, which proved to be extremely popular across Turkey and also in Georgia.
He died during treatment for lung cancer in 2005. Although strongly denied by Health Minister Recep Akdag, it is generally assumed that the Chernobyl disaster was the cause of Koyuncu's cancer, a sentiment shared by many locals and referenced twice in Fatih Akın's film, The Edge of Heaven.
Besides Turkish, he is most famous for having sung in Lazuri, but his albums also contain several songs in Armenian, Homshetsi, Georgian and Megrelian. He also fought for nature and was against the construction of a nuclear reactor at Sinop on the northern Black Sea coast of Turkey. He was a well-known activist in environmental and cultural issues, and other things that were at risk and needed awareness and protection in Turkey.
